Tristram Dalton

Tristram Dalton (28 May 1738-30 May 1817) was a US Senator from Massachusetts from 4 March 1789 to 4 March 1791, preceding George Cabot.

Biography
Tristram Dalton was born in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1738, and he became a merchant after graduating from law school. In 1774, he was elected to the Provincial Congress, and he served in the State House of Representatives from 1782 to 1785, in the State Senate from 1786 to 1788, and in the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1784. Dalton won the two-year US Senate term in 1789, while Caleb Strong won the six-year term; they were Massachusetts' first two senators. Dalton served until 1791, and he died in 1817.